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Yuki Bhambri eager to extend Davis Cup run

The 25-year-old is all set to return to the Davis Cup fold after missing the second round tie against Uzbekistan in...

12 Sept 2017 6:35 AM IST

Thanks to Rafael Nadal and Garbine Muguruza, Spain has become the first country to top the WTA and ATP rankings simultaneously since 2003. (Photo: AP)

Garbine Muguruza joins US Open champion Rafael Nadal at No. 1 for...

Garbine Muguruza takes over at No 1, while Venus Williams is back in the top 5 for the first time since 2011.

11 Sept 2017 9:55 PM IST

Hingis has 13 major doubles titles, along with five in singles and seven in mixed doubles. (Photo:AP)

US Open: Martina Hingis lifts women's doubles title with Chan Yung Jan

Hingis teaming with Chan Yung-Jan of Taiwan beat Lucie Hradecka and Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-2.

11 Sept 2017 9:49 AM IST

US Open: Rafael Nadal beats Kevin Anderson to win 3rd title, wins 16th Grand Slam

US Open: Rafael Nadal beats Kevin Anderson to win 3rd title, wins 16th...

The world number one beat the South African giant 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 enroute to his title at Flushing Medows.

11 Sept 2017 8:22 AM IST

Sloane Stephens beat one of her closest friends Madison Keys 6-3, 6-0 in the US Open final. (Photo: AP)

US Open: Sloane Stephens routs compatriot Madison Keys to win maiden...

With the 15th victory in her past 17 matches, Stephens became only the fifth unseeded player to win a women's Slam...

10 Sept 2017 9:31 AM IST

Madison Keys and Sloane Stephens (photo: Awesummly.com)

US Open: Injury-hit friends will battle for US women's crown

Stephens spent 11 months recovering from left foot surgery, returning in July.

10 Sept 2017 3:14 AM IST

Sania Mirza and Shuai Peng threw away early breaks to lose to Martina Hingis and Yung-Jan Chan in straight sets. (Photo: AP)

US Open: Sania Mirza-Shuai Peng crash out in semi-finals

Despite the scoreline, it was Sania Mirza and Shuai Peng, who held the initial advantage which they frittered away.

9 Sept 2017 2:54 PM IST

Rafael Nadal, the 2010 and 2013 champion in New York, will be playing in his 23rd Slam final and third this year, looking to add the US title to his record 10th French Open. (Photo: AP)

US Open: Rafael Nadal downs Juan Martin del Potro to set up Kevin...

Anderson reached his maiden final at the majors by beating 12th-seeded Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4.

9 Sept 2017 9:31 AM IST

Sloane Stephens celebrates beating Venus Williams in their US Open womens singles semifinal at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Friday. Stephens won 6-1, 0-6, 7-5 to set up the final with fellow American Madison Keys (Representational Image)

US Open: Sloane Stephens steady with a win in semi-finals.

Stephens topples seven-time champ Venus.

9 Sept 2017 3:16 AM IST

Sania and Peng now face second seeds Martina Hingis and Yung-Jan Chan, the pair which had defeated the Indian and her Belgian partner Kirsten Flipkens at the Wimbledon. (Photo:AP))

US Open 2017: Sania Mirza, Shuai Peng enter Grand Slam semi-final

The fourth seeded Indo-Chinese pair beat fifth seed Timea Babos and Andrea Hlavackova 7-6 (5) 6-4 in the quarter-final.

8 Sept 2017 11:01 AM IST

Keys, who was absent from the first two months recovering from wrist surgery, delivered an old fashion thrashing as she needed just 66 minutes to beat Vandeweghe. (Photo:AP)

US Open 2017: Madison Keys beats CoCo Vandeweghe, to meet Sloane...

A ruthless Keys crushed Vandeweghe 6-1 6-2 to set up an all-American US Open final.

8 Sept 2017 9:54 AM IST

'I'd have passed out': Sloane Stephens after beating Venus Williams in...

Ousting seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams, who was seeking her first US Open final since 2002 left Sloane...

8 Sept 2017 8:32 AM IST